crimp
Easily crumbled; friable; brittleEasily crumbled; friable; brittle.
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» The chip shortage has crimped the world’s ability to produce automobiles.
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2 senses(obsolete)Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
(obsolete)Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
Examples
3 sentencesThe chip shortage has crimped the world’s ability to produce automobiles.
I crimped a ferrule around the end of the stranded brake cable to prevent it from fraying.
Devaluing the currency also means that prices rise for consumers, and it tends to crimp consumer spending.
Origin
From Middle English crimpen (“to be contracted, be drawn together”), from Middle Dutch criFrom Middle English crimpen (“to be contracted, be drawn together”), from Middle Dutch crimpen, crempen (“to crimp”), from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną (“to shrink, draw back”) (compare related Old English ġecrympan (“to curl”)). Cognate with Dutch krimpen, German Low German krimpen, Faroese kreppa (“crisis”), and Icelandic kreppa (“to bend tightly, clench”). Compare also derivative Middle English crymplen (“to wrinkle”) and causative crempen (“to turn something back, restrain”, literally “to cause to shrink or draw back”), both ultimately derived from the same root. See also cramp.
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See also
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